An interventional study of Cartography of air contamination, environment contamination and biological fluid by Sars-Cov2 during visceral surgery in COVID19 patients. in Sars-CoV2, Surgery and COVID, sponsored by University Hospital, Lille. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-23.
Sponsored by University Hospital, Lille · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Sars-Cov2 has been found in the digestive tract, as well as the respiratory tract. Protection of health care workers during surgery has been increased and some guidelines advocate for abandoning laparoscopy in COVID19 patients for fear of contamination, evenghtough this does not benefit the patient. However, Sars-Cov2 contamination risk during visceral surgery remains unknown. Inadequate protection is unnecessary costful and can be inefficient if too binding. Our hypotheses are that 1) Sars-Cov 2 can travel through droplet and air during visceral surgery. 2) Laparoscopy, because of the pneumoperitoneum and its leaks, warrant more air contamination whereas laparotomy warrant more droplet contamination, which would justified increased protection.
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Other: Cartography of air contamination, environment contamination and biological fluid by Sars-Cov2 during visceral surgery in COVID19 patients.
Air sampling, operating room surfaces sampling and patients' biological fluid sampling for Sars-Cov2 quantification
Air contamination
Composite criteria: "50cm above the operating site" and/or "1m50 from the operating site" and/or "3m from the operating site"
Time frame: 10 minutes after incision if no opening of the digestive lumen, or 10 minutes after opening of the digestive tract
Environment contamination
Cartography of Sars-Cov2 environment surface contamination
Time frame: At the end of surgery, an average 1 hour 30 min
Surgical approach
Composite criteria: air contamination or environment contamination positivity rate according to surgical approach (laparoscopy or laparotomy)
Time frame: At the end of the intervention, an average 2 hours
Opening of the digestive tract
Composite criteria: air contamination or environment contamination positivity rate according to opening of digestive tract status (opened or not)
Time frame: At the end of the intervention,an average 2 hours
Biological fluids
Cartography of Sars-Cov2 presence in biological fluids (blood, stools, peritoneal fluid, digestive fluids, sputum, bile)
Time frame: During the procedure, an average 2 hours 30 min
Pneumoperitoneum
Presence of Sars-Cov 2 in pneumoperitoneum, evaluated on surgical smoke filter
Time frame: At the end of the procedure,an average 2 hours 30 min
Plan to share: No
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